U.S President-elect Donald Trump has asked Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn to head his White House National Economic Council, a group that coordinates economic policy across agencies, NBC News reported on Friday. Cohn, president and chief operating officer at the Wall Street firm, had been widely considered the heir apparent to Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein. A Goldman Sachs spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Early plans call for American hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Ohio's capitol building preceding a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.